ICE TURNS INTO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY!
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 A new “social work” role for ICE?!! In a fact sheet which first became public on January 11, 2016, ICE touted its “Family Case […]
SAN BERNARDINO KILLINGS WILL MAKE FIANCÉ VISAS HARDER
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 It should be no surprise that the San Bernardino killings will make it harder to get fiancé (and family-based) visa approvals. On December 2, 2015, Tashfeen […]
ICE gives a cold welcome to 2016
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2015 Both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported on Christmas Eve (how ironic!) that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has […]
DACA/DAPA SUPREME COURT UPDATE- SUPREME COURT DENIES TEXAS’ MOTION FOR EXTENSION
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 The drama in the DACA/DAPA Executive Action continues. On November 9, 2015, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the executive’s appeal to overturn […]
Playing Games: How the 5th Circuit Is Running Out the Clock on DACA and DAPA
By Attorney Farhad Sethna ©2015 The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has to make a decision on a very important case involving Executive Action. On November 21, 2014, President Obama […]
USCIS and DOS mistake shatters hopes and dreams….
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, copyright 2015 The US Department of State posted a visa bulletin in a new format on September 9, 2015. In that format, the Bulletin announced two […]
DAMN THE “PRIORITY DATE” – USCIS TO ACCEPT GREEN CARD APPLICATIONS
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney ©2015 The USCIS and the Department of State jointly proposed a “solution” to the huge backlog in priority dates, especially for Employment-Based EB-2 and EB-3 applicants […]
STEM OPT EXTENSION IN TROUBLE?
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney © 2015 On August 12, 2015, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in “Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of […]